Svātmānandaprakāśa, circa 1700-1850; स्वात्मानन्दप्रकाश,१७००-१८५०
Name:
Śaṅkarācārya
Date:
1700
Description:
Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise analyzing the nature of the self (ātman) and one of its aspects of pure happiness or joy (ānanda) from the perspective of the Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta school of philosophy.
Title from colophon (f. 8r).; Written in 8 lines per leaf.; 8 leaves foliated 1-8, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti govindabhagavatpūjyapādaśiṣyaśrīmacchaṃkarakṛtāḥ svātmānaṃdaprkāṣikāryāḥ samāptāḥ // śrīnāṛāyaṇārpaṇam astu // (f. 8r).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins, some in a second scribal hand; verse dividers in red throughout; vertical margins marked with quadruple red line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1075
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